2017 IRC Articles: Recent submissions
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Greening Patent Law: The Sri Lankan Perspectives
(2017)Environmental issues are one of the key areas addressed by technology. The patent system has the potential of enhancing technological development. However, despite the fact that promoting environmentally – valuable innovation ... -
Research Directions for Network Based Video Streaming with Emphasis for Live Screen Mirroring
(2017)Recent advancements in the field of embedded systems and network speeds in general – particularly the realization of concepts of image processing, live video streaming and Internet of Things have redefined the technology ... -
The Office on Missing Persons (Establishment, Administration and Discharge of Functions) Act, No.14 of 2016; A way forward
(2017)Every human has the right to free from disappearances (enforce or involuntary) and the many states across the globe which were specially experienced the situations of conflict had took the initiation of protecting this ... -
A Machine Learning Approach to Classify Sinhala Songs Based On User Ratings
(2017)In the music industry there is a need to analyse the significant features that distinguish highly rated songs from lower rated ones. Then an artist can test their music tracks to check whether it will gain potential popu ... -
Illegal fishing by Indian trawlers violating the maritime boundary of Sri Lanka and its impact on livelihood and the Indo-Sri Lanka relations
(2017)Abstract - Although, Indian and Sri Lankan fishing communities shared Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar as their common fishing grounds for centuries, crossing of maritime boundaries for fishing purposes was prohibited after ... -
Machine Learning Optimization for Colour Image Reconstruction from Thermal/Infrared Images
(2017)Machine Learning has generated a tremendous interest in research and development under the umbrella of Artificial Intelligence. It was a field that evolved from pattern recognition and computational learning in Artificia ... -
The Implementation of Constitutional Ouster Clauses in Sri Lanka: A Sisyphean Task?
(2017)Abstract –The phrase ‘A Sisyphean task’ originates in Greek mythology, where Sisyphus, king of Ephyra, was condemned to an eternity of repeatedly rolling a large boulder up a hill, only to have it roll back down each time ... -
Predictive cum Adaptive Systems Development Methodology for HydroGIS Tool Development
(2017)In system development methodologies, main consideration has being changed from processes to users since waterfall development. As the business logic became less complex due to familiarity; Extreme Programming methodolog ... -
A Comparison of Classical Statistical & Machine Learning Techniques in Binary Classification
(2017)Predicting a precise response for previously unseen input variables is a vital and challenging task, as precise predictions can minimize the risks related to different domains by making correct decisions. The main objec ... -
Web-Based Expert System for Personalized Psychotherapeutic Counselling
(2017)Sri Lanka has one of the highest suicidal rates in the world. It has been found that these cases were caused mostly as a result of mental health disorders, such as depression and anxiety. A recent study conducted at the ... -
Sri Lankan Legal Version of Migrant Workers’ Rights: How It is and How It shall be
(2017)‘Migrant workers’ are generally defined as people who leave their home country in search of employment. It is known that the largest source of income in Sri Lanka is foreign employment. Protection of the migrant becomes ... -
Health Information Privacy and Right to Information A case study of India and Sri Lanka
(2017)Privacy is a concept which is felt on a personal basis and accordingly it is difficult to define. Health information privacy is concerned with control, access and sharing of personal health information. Inherently personal ... -
Causation and the liability for non- disclosure of risk in Sri Lanka; vindicating rights of patients by lightening principle of causation
(2017)Informed consent is considered as one of the corner stones in medical practice and it is a socio legal obligation of medical professionals. Failure to disclose risk is considered as one aspect of medical negligence. ... -
Tax Amnesties: The Case of Sticks and Carrots
(2017)Abstract- Tax amnesties are an invitation to tax evaders to join the ranks of people who pay the due taxes. The popularity of amnesty programs over time and across countries is understandable as it produces both shortand ... -
Financial Transactions Reporting: An Overview of the Sri Lankan Law
(2017)Financial crimes including money laundering and terrorist financing has become a major burden to the economies of almost all the jurisdictions. Further, the institutions engaged in finance business including banking business ... -
Beware if You are being a Cheap Charlie: Used Goods and Merchantable Quality
(2017)Abstract—As specified by S.15 (2) of the Sale of Goods Ordinance No 11 of 1896 (SGO of 1896), where goods are bought by description from a seller who deals in goods of that description, there is an implied condition that ... -
Reforms to the International Trade Regime for the Protection of Marine Living Resources
(2017)The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established, as the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), through Marrakesh Agreement giving birth to new arenas of international trade. Though the main ... -
Intelligent News Reader
(2017)News is one of the most essential requirements from the beginning of the history, it is anything that is exciting, that narrates to what's happening in the world, what's happening in areas of the nation that would be of ... -
Chatbots: The next generation in computer interfacing – A Review
(2017)Computer interfacing is now moving towards more machine driven communications than the Command-line or graphical user Interfacing. HumanComputer speech through communication is now gaining momentum as a technique of comp ... -
KeyXtract Twitter Model - An Essential Keywords Extraction Model for Twitter Designed using NLP Tools
(2017)Since a tweet is limited to 140 characters, it is ambiguous and difficult for traditional Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools to analyse. This research presents KeyXtract which enhances the machine learning based Sta ...